Player: Jomoya Chris (Chen Qi)
Life Level: 4
Equipment: Red Heart 7
Skills: [Body Control LV1], [String Strangulation LV1]
Spiritual Energy Points: [23]
Ever since Chen Qi first tested the skills, they had reached LV1.
This meant Chen Qi could now successfully use his skills!
Each use of a skill consumed 1 point of Spiritual Energy, but 1 point would automatically regenerate each day.
So, as long as a player didn't use a large number of skills in a short period, their Spiritual Energy points would be sufficient.
But what players pursued wasn't just using skills, but developing them into something more powerful.
For example, the [Divine Speed] and [Eagle Eye] states that Chen Qi had used before were developed by Ireland at the cost of 15 Spiritual Energy points.
Yet Chen Qi had only spent 3 Spiritual Energy points to master them.
From the perspective of skill development alone, Ireland had indeed left Chen Qi a valuable legacy.
...
After dealing with the assassins, Chen Qi took a car to the appointed location.
Along the way, Chen Qi made a few calls, completely eliminating any repercussions from the earlier attack.
At the same time, he gave Taruno a new order: keep a close eye on the Firefox Gang.
Although according to his speculation, the matter should have died down after Hu Wanhai's death.
'But what if the new gang leader is a man of honor?'
...
The Talin City Public Library was the place with the largest book collection in Talin City.
On the second floor of the library were dozens of paid private reading rooms.
At 2:30 PM, Chen Qi arrived promptly at Reading Room 9 and saw Mu Wanqing waiting inside.
Her hair fell to her waist, and her figure was slender and graceful. Her features were delicate and enchanting, yet she exuded an air of tranquility.
That indescribable temperament, combined with her beauty, completely outshone all of Ireland's girlfriends. No wonder he had listed her as a "target of pursuit."
If her appearance hadn't coincided with Ireland "turning over a new leaf" and not daring to act recklessly, Chen Qi believed she would have fallen into his clutches long ago.
Even so, Ireland hadn't given up.
Unfortunately, just as he had started to lay his trap, the man died.
...
"Mr. [Jomoya], after some discussion, we have decided to agree to your deal!"
"As long as you can heal our Master's injuries, we will teach you the [Red Falcon Sect]'s Secret Technique."
"However, you must join the Red Falcon Sect!"
Mu Wanqing studied the [Jomoya Chris] before her with a puzzled expression. She couldn't shake the feeling that there was something different about him.
'His gaze doesn't seem so repulsive anymore.'
Facing Mu Wanqing's stare, Chen Qi was perfectly calm, not at all worried she would see through his disguise.
The King's Game would take care of everything!
"Miss Mu, I'd like to change the terms of the deal."
"Your master's nervous system is damaged. As we all know, nerve cells do not regenerate, which makes repairing them extremely difficult. At the very least, none of the surrounding small kingdoms possess such technology."
"Even with my special abilities, achieving this will come at a certain cost and take a very long time."
"So, how about this: you teach me the Secret Technique first, and as a show of good faith, I will help the Red Falcon Sect establish a foothold in Talin City and provide the funds to rebuild your dojo."
Chen Qi was playing his own game. He had no interest in the Mu Wanqing before him, but he was very interested in the Red Falcon Sect.
...
The [Red Falcon Sect] came from the [Celestial Martial Country], a very peculiar small kingdom.
It was unknown whether it was due to a genetic Anomaly or some other reason, but the people of the Celestial Martial Country were physically exceptionally powerful.
As a result, various Fighting Techniques flourished in the country, and some Martial Arts Sects even had histories stretching back over a thousand years.
Ordinarily, this wouldn't have been a big deal, especially in the modern era where so-called Fighting Techniques were only useful for physical fitness.
But the Celestial Martial Country had the misfortune of having a malicious neighbor. Three hundred years ago, the [Black Blood Federation], originally an ordinary small nation, rose to become a regional power.
Just fifty years ago, unwilling to remain at the bottom of the ranks among Middle-tier powers, the [Black Blood Federation] secretly implemented the Super Soldier project.
They secretly captured Martial Artists from the Celestial Martial Country to study the secret behind their physical prowess.
Through dissection and research, their scientists discovered that the people of the Celestial Martial Country had highly developed nervous systems, allowing them to control their body's muscle fibers with much greater ease.
Compared to a normal human's reaction time of 300 milliseconds, any child from the Celestial Martial Country could achieve 200 milliseconds.
As for the Martial Artists who had trained for generations and developed their skills over long periods, they were even more formidable, some even breaking the human reaction limit of 0.1 seconds.
And that was just in terms of speed. The Martial Artists' efficiency in using the human body's muscles was terrifyingly high.
A human has 639 muscles and 6 billion muscle fibers.
An ordinary human's muscle usage efficiency is only 10%.
But Martial Artists generally exceeded that by double, reaching 20%.
This allowed them to lift heavy cauldrons and be as agile as galloping horses.
As for the most elite Martial Artists, they could reach 30%, veritable human T-Rexes.
The [Black Blood Federation]'s Super Soldier project had set its sights on the Martial Artists' muscle control abilities.
They planned to implant smart chips into the human body, combine them with big data algorithms, and establish a new body control system to take over the human neural network.
They firmly believed that if human muscle usage could reach 80%, a person could dismantle a Mecha with their bare hands.
Thus, the Martial Artists from the Celestial Martial Country who were used as test subjects had suffered a terrible fate.
The gap between a small nation and a Middle-tier power left them with nothing but despair.
The reason Chen Qi knew all this was because ten years ago, the [Black Blood Federation] got involved in a dispute between major powers, and this whole affair was exposed.
Since the Lanyu Kingdom wasn't too far from the Celestial Martial Country, its citizens were quite keen on watching the drama unfold.
Happiness is all relative. To be honest, if it weren't for knowing about the King's Game, Chen Qi, like his fellow citizens, would also have thought that the Lanyu Kingdom was a peaceful, stable, and pleasant place to live.
As for the final outcome of the matter, the [Black Blood Federation] was sued in the [International Court] by the president of the Celestial Martial Country and was forced to pay an astronomical sum in compensation.
And the [Black Blood Alliance], for "presumptuously conducting human experiments," was investigated by the [World Government].
Although it was unknown what price they paid to get through it, the nation fell into a decline from which it never recovered, plunging into civil war.
As for the Martial Artists who had been [Test Subjects], even though many were rescued after the [Investigation Team] moved in, they were left completely paralyzed, turned into invalids.
Yu Hongwu, the contemporary master of the [Red Falcon Sect] with its thousand-year heritage, was one such unlucky soul.
Furthermore, due to certain actions taken by the Celestial Martial Country's government during this project, the Red Falcon Sect no longer dared to remain in their home country. After wandering for some time, they eventually came to the Lanyu Kingdom.
That guy Ireland, with his obsession for a "powerful body," had set his sights on the Red Falcon Sect as soon as they arrived in the Lanyu Kingdom.
After all, the Red Falcon Sect's Secret Technique could increase a person's muscle usage efficiency to 35%.
This was an achievement that even the Black Blood Federation had been unable to reach before its Super Soldier project was terminated.